New Year Resolutions

It was in 1994 when Take That had a hit with ‘Everything changes but you’ which starts with… 

Girl, come on over here.

Let me hold you for a little while

And remember I'll always love you

Forever, everything changes but you. 

 

At the start of a new year, many resolutions or important decisions are made. For 2023, research from Go.Compare revealed that 48% of the UK’s population made New Year’s resolutions. Within the top 10 were decisions about weight loss, taking care of mental health and improving finances.  

More of us will be making important choices for 2026…allegedly. It is estimated that more than two thirds of UK adults plan to make a New Year’s Resolution for 2026. I am part of the 32% of people who maintain that we have no plans to set such resolutions.  

December 31st 2025

All 365 days of 2025 have come and are nearly gone now, writes Bert Cargill of St Monans Gospel Hall. This last day of December will close the year at midnight. Will you stay up to “bring in” the New Year, maybe sing ‘Auld Lang Syne’, be sociable and perhaps noisy? Or will you be quietly thinking back, perhaps on your own, off to bed to get ready for another day, another year?

Either way, I want to wish you good health and happiness in the days ahead. The last day of the year is actually just another day, but we make it special because of how we arrange our calendars wherever we live.